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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

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Being an open-source design no doubt keeps the price of this hardware down: The controller I bought set me back a mere $85. For that I took advantage of the open-source VESC Project created by Benjamin Vedder. His work includes sophisticated hardware and associated firmware, as well as elaborate configuration software.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

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Being an open-source design no doubt keeps the price of this hardware down: The controller I bought set me back a mere $85. For that I took advantage of the open-source VESC Project created by Benjamin Vedder. His work includes sophisticated hardware and associated firmware, as well as elaborate configuration software.

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Hi-fi, Radio, and Retro: The DIY Projects Spectrum Readers Love

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The first thing that jumps out is that Spectrum readers love good quality audio, but unlike some audiophiles, they don’t see an exorbitant price tag or voodoo components as a badge of honor. And a follow-up to that article, “ A Web-Enabled, High Quality, DIY Audio Amp ” (March 2022), comes in at No. Drop me a line at cass.s@ieee.org

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. The drive went well, there were some minor things the car needed but it had a full service history and when I asked for a 500-dollar-lower asking price than list price, the seller accepted.

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Tips: How to Make Money from Your Old Car

Clean Fleet Report

If you’re looking to get the best price from your old car, it’s practical to shop around instead of accepting the first offer on your table. Used vehicle prices have dipped in recent years due to the many fairly used and leased vehicles on the market, but they’ve jumped again during the pandemic.

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Can This DIY Rocket Program Send an Astronaut to Space?

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That successful mission in August 2018 was a huge step toward our goal of sending an amateur astronaut to the edge of space aboard one of our DIY rockets. We have plenty of engineers, as well as people like me, a pricing manager with a skydiving hobby. Even more important, it came back down in one piece. We're now building the.

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DIY Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy with a Raspberry Pi Pico

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So when I decided to build a cheap DIY scintillating gamma spectrometer, it was the natural choice—although I didn’t realize I’d find myself navigating around teething problems of the sort that often affect a first-generation integrated circuit. This article appears in the July 2022 print issue as “DIY Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy.”.

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